Abstract

Ideally, network applications should be able to select an appropriate transport solution from among available transport solutions. However, at present, there is no agreed-upon way to do this. In fact, there is not even an agreed-upon way for a source end host to determine if there is support for a particular transport along a network path. This draft addresses these issues, by proposing a Happy Eyeballs framework. The proposed Happy Eyeballs framework enables the selection of a transport solution that according to application requirements, pre-set policies, and estimated network conditions is the most appropriate one. Additionally, the proposed framework makes it possible for an application to find out whether a particular transport is supported along a network connection towards a specific destination or not.

Authors

Karl-Johan Grinnemo (karl-johan.grinnemo@kau.se)
Anna Brunstrom (anna.brunstrom@kau.se)
Per Hurtig (per.hurtig@kau.se)
Naeem Khademi (naeemk@ifi.uio.no)
Zdravko Bozakov (zdravko.bozakov@dell.com)

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